LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq says every effort to undermine mosques and madressahs will be strongly resisted while all those talking of demolishing and setting on fire mosques will meet the fate of Abraha.

He was speaking at a national conference in memory of the late Qazi Husain Ahmed here on Wednesday.

He said anyone who takes up arms in the name of religion is a criminal like the one who takes up arms for any regional, ethnic or communal cause. He noted that the first decree against terrorism was given by the Imam of the Holy Ka’aba.

He urged the government to try to create national harmony by striving to restore peace in the light of the decisions of the three APCs, instead of harassing three million seminary students. The government should not shake the national unity created against terrorism, he added.

He said the government had not accepted the amendment presented by the JI although that was in the interest of all.

Speakers at the moot paid rich tributes to former JI emir Qazi Husain Ahmed for his valuable services for solution to the problems facing the country and the Muslim world.

Published in Dawn January 8th , 2014

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